Associate - Venture Capital

Rhapsody VP

$80K — $95K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Degree in engineering or applied science from a top school
  • Experience in a client-facing role, enhancing communication skills
  • Strong understanding of science and engineering principles
  • Ability to engage with executives from diverse organizations
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment

Responsibilities

  • Source and evaluate potential startup investments
  • Collaborate with large corporations and startups to enhance the ecosystem
  • Manage relationships with select industry partners
  • Engage in operational roles within Rhapsody's portfolio startups
  • Facilitate connections between startups and industry executives

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with transformative technologies
  • Support and investment directed at hard-tech innovation
  • Intimate collaboration with leading global corporations
  • Broad autonomy in decision-making and execution
  • Potential for growth within a rapidly evolving ecosystem
Full Job Description
Your Mission: Find the next startup to become part of the Rhapsody portfolio! Nurture and expand cooperation between industry and science-based startups to help bring transformational technologies from lab to market.

You Are:
  • A graduate of a top school with a degree in engineering or in applied science.
  • Experienced in working with customers, either in consulting or another client-facing role where you honed your interpersonal and communication skills.
  • At home in the world of science and engineering. You have a deep curiosity for how the world works and how it is changing.
  • Capable of engaging in purposeful discussion with executives from multinationals and startups alike. You care about their success and want to see breakthrough technologies commercialized to benefit society.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-pace, entrepreneurial culture where decisions are made quickly and where you are given broad autonomy to get your work done.

Your Role:
  • Source, diligence and invest in a startup - find our next investment!
  • Work directly with large companies and startups to support the ecosystem in a structured program. In most cases you will be working with CTOs and their senior staff to make connections to strategically relevant sources of innovation.
  • Own relationships with select industry partners and help grow the ecosystem.
  • Join one of the startups in our portfolio to do operational work such as business development, marketing and strategic planning.

If you're curious about hard tech VC, please reach out!

If you have the right general background, we will get in touch and are excited to speak with you.

Position is based in Cambridge, MA with domestic and international travel.

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